Originally Posted by aculady
If she stares off into space and "checks out" mentally, has she been evaluated for absence seizures?
No, but she's still present in a way, just not paying attention to what we might want her paying attention to. For instance, in the counselor's office, we (me, dd, and counselor) were discussing something and dd just started looking at pictures on the wall and no longer participating in the conversation.

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